A landai is a short poetry form, similiar to Haiku, orginally from Pakistan/Afghanistan,and has twenty-two syllables: nine in the first line, thirteen in the second.


Afghan Landai in Jelling (Denmark)

"My life floats on water. But I risk,
At any moment, becoming immersed in its depths."

زندگى روى آب شناور
هر لحظه ممكن است در اعماق غرق شويم

Anonymous young woman, age 14 years. Resident in Denmark. Place of birth: Panjshir, Afghanistan. 

Written in October 2014 during a workshop run by WorldWideWords.


Panjshir valley, Afghanistan.

See also the Landy Landai "At Home" in "The Haiku of Halucinogenia" section.